Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 33 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Bush dances with dictators VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication News Pakistan VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb For too long, America has pursed its foreign policy interests by supporting and working with dictators in Pakistan and elsewhere. It is fair to say that the United States has played an overwhelming role in preventing democracy from taking root in Pakistan. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body For too long, America has pursed its foreign policy interests by supporting and working with dictators. More often than not, the United States finds democracies unconducive to its interests and uproots them where they exist and prevents democracy from taking root elsewhere. Over Pakistans 55-year history, America supported the military dictatorships of Generals Ayub Khan, Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, Muhammad Zia ul Haq and, presently, Pervez Musharref. It is fair to say that the United States has played an overwhelming role in preventing democracy from taking root in Pakistan. After his recent visit to Pakistan, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Armitage said several times on television that the administration is very happy with General Musharref and trusts him. In other words, the administration does not trust the Pakistani people, it trusts a Pakistani general. The cold reality is that Americans value democracy and human rights at home, but their state and its leadership often crush those movements in other states. America is losing face all over the world. Even here, people are beginning to question the role of American policies around the world. Havoc and disaster have been unleashed upon Afghanistan, plans are being made to invade Iraq and there is no sign of even-handedness in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. How do you think the world views the American administration? Jihad is now a term that is akin to terrorism, but how much of that terrorism is a result of American policies? There is a world consensus that the existence of democracy means the defeat of extremism. Pakistan is now a front-line state in the war against terrorism, but if several decades of democracy had been allowed in Pakistan, as opposed to the fostering of generals who were fighting the Cold War for American administrations, there would have been no terrorism in the region, no war and no front-line. Were not alone in this perceptionin the September 1st edition of the New York Times in an editorial titled Dancing with Dictators, the Times argued that the administration will seem hypocritical if it claims to value democracy and then works with dictatorships to advance its short-term goals. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-09-09 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 69 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bush dances with dictators 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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